A rattling good yarn

Lingfield Point was originally built as the Patons and Baldwins wool factory, constructed in the 1940s when two entrepreneurs created a flagship manufacturing base for their world-famous knitting yarn company.

Origins

1800s

Lingfield Point has its roots in the very beginnings of the industrial revolution, dating back to the 1800s. Two entrepreneurs, James Baldwin from Halifax and his Scottish counterpart John Paton, separately developed businesses working with the early versions of Crompton’s spinning mule.

An historic merger

1920

Paton and Baldwin’s two successful businesses merged, creating one of the largest wool manufacturing companies in the world.

Lingfield looms

1945

Construction started on the new Patons and Baldwins wool factory at Lingfield Point. The aim was to create a flagship manufacturing base for the world famous knitting yarn company. The site, two miles east of the town centre, was ideally located next to the Stockton to Darlington railway line, providing the factory with its own railway sidings.

Work completes

1951

Paton and Baldwin’s revolutionary wool factory was completed at a cost of £7.5m. At more than two million square feet, this colossus was the largest wool factory in the world.

Modern times

2000s

Sixty years later the site has transformed again into a dynamic, contemporary business community with an exciting future.

Origins

1800s

Lingfield Point has its roots in the very beginnings of the industrial revolution, dating back to the 1800s. Two entrepreneurs, James Baldwin from Halifax and his Scottish counterpart John Paton, separately developed businesses working with the early versions of Crompton’s spinning mule.

An historic merger

1920

Paton and Baldwin’s two successful businesses merged, creating one of the largest wool manufacturing companies in the world.

Lingfield looms

1945

Construction started on the new Patons and Baldwins wool factory at Lingfield Point. The aim was to create a flagship manufacturing base for the world famous knitting yarn company. The site, two miles east of the town centre, was ideally located next to the Stockton to Darlington railway line, providing the factory with its own railway sidings.

Work completes

1951

Paton and Baldwin’s revolutionary wool factory was completed at a cost of £7.5m. At more than two million square feet, this colossus was the largest wool factory in the world.

Modern times

2000s

Sixty years later the site has transformed again into a dynamic, contemporary business community with an exciting future.

Origins

1800s

Lingfield Point has its roots in the very beginnings of the industrial revolution, dating back to the 1800s. Two entrepreneurs, James Baldwin from Halifax and his Scottish counterpart John Paton, separately developed businesses working with the early versions of Crompton’s spinning mule.

An historic merger

1920

Paton and Baldwin’s two successful businesses merged, creating one of the largest wool manufacturing companies in the world.

Lingfield looms

1945

Construction started on the new Patons and Baldwins wool factory at Lingfield Point. The aim was to create a flagship manufacturing base for the world famous knitting yarn company. The site, two miles east of the town centre, was ideally located next to the Stockton to Darlington railway line, providing the factory with its own railway sidings.

Work completes

1951

Paton and Baldwin’s revolutionary wool factory was completed at a cost of £7.5m. At more than two million square feet, this colossus was the largest wool factory in the world.

Modern times

2000s

Sixty years later the site has transformed again into a dynamic, contemporary business community with an exciting future.